What Next TBD | The Surveillance State Trump Is Inheriting

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🗓️ 15 December 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Our lives, and our communication in particular, are increasingly conducted over the internet. This means we are increasingly able to be hacked and monitored, by governments, by the police, and more and more by anyone who can get their hands on the available software. Guest: Ronan Farrow, investigative reporter and producer of the Max documentary “Surveilled.” If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Cheyna Roth, and Ethan Oberman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.6	When I sat down to talk to Ronan Farrow, I had my phone with me. It was next to me on the table in the studio.
1:13.9	It is turned on. All the apps are closed, but I wanted to know, based on your reporting,
1:19.4	if my phone was hacked right now, what could someone have access to?
1:26.0	So the highest tech, most intrusive forms of spyware technology can basically access everything.
1:35.3	At this point, Ronan probably doesn't need much of an introduction.
1:40.3	His reporting helped bring down Harvey Weinstein, among others.
1:44.3	His latest project is a documentary called Surveiled.
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